Monument record MBC44777 - A Second World War roadside ammunition dump, Stowe Avenue.

A Second World War roadside ammunition dump is visible on historic aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located on both sides of Stowe Avenue and centred at SP 68751 34980, the ammunition storage area comprises 11 rectangular buildings about 5 x 3 metres, all with long sides parallel with the road and laid out over 85 metres. These portable corrugated iron shelters, or hutments, were usually camouflaged and covered stacks of artillery or small arms ammunition. Roadside storage not only made the ammunition easily accessible but dispersed the risk of a large loss of munitions in one event as a result of a German air raid. The munitions storage hutments are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, but all features have been demolished by 1961 (1-4).